ces 2013: panasonic introduces touch screen viera smart tvs - tv touch screen

LAS VEGAS --Great.
What I want to hear.
The Panasonic Viera TV I bought last year?
I have to sell one of my kidneys to afford that one?
I spent a bundle of money on the wall above the fireplace in our living room?
My friend at Panasonic wanted me to know that the old Vieira was a toast. A brick.
Yesterday's headline
It is not worth the paper printed on.
The harsh reality was realized at the Panasonic news conference of 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show held on Monday.
Putting aside the pain of being trampled again by the inevitable technological advances, let me summarize the new features that the company has introduced.
Photo: at CES 2013 in Las Vegas, I first admit that this big project is a neat one.
On my Viera, when I want to view digital or Internet content, we have to click on the screen that shows each service or app.
When I want to search for the content of any service (
Netflix or Hulu, for example)
, I have to go in and out of that app.
With the advent of the new video age, Panasonic has created something called my home screen.
"This is a place where I can view all my favorite content in these services in one place, which is really more convenient, according to Vic Carlson, vice president of consumer marketing at Panasonics.
Even better, each family member can create their own home screen.
The camera on the TV will scan and recognize each user and immediately switch to the correct home screen.
Although it remains to be seen how this will work when my child wrestles on TV.
And a voice --
Remote control.
Also, the Touch feature is now enabled on the Viera screen.
So with Viera's swipe sharing service, you can share photos on your phone to your TV.
Then, click on the TV screen with the new touch pen and the Edit menu pops up.
However, it doesn't seem to accompany the ladder I need to get to the TV.
But it's just a small problem. Okay. Very nifty. But . . .
All of this points to one of the huge lingering differences between TV and computers.
Ideally, the new Viera system will be available as an OS upgrade.
I will upgrade in my heartbeat.
I might even pay a little for the upgrade.
Buy a new TV?
It won't happen.
That means it will take a few more years for Panasonic to make me a customer.
Not because I hate it, but because I want TV to last that long.
At the same time, we don't have much to do with it.
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